Introduction

Your privacy is important to ChipEstimate.com. The following Privacy Policy discloses the information practices for ChipEstimate.com websites, including the type of information gathered, how the information is used, and ChipEstimate.com's policy regarding sharing information with others.

We have implemented these practices for the ChipEstimate.com website (www.chipestimate.com) and its various subdomains ("Site"). Information regarding our privacy practices is included wherever personal information is collected on the Site. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy.

Consent

By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Types of Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide to Us

ChipEstimate.com collects Personal Information and Anonymous Information from you when you visit the Site. "Personal Information" means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to: a first and last name; e-mail address; a home, postal or other physical address or other contact information; title, occupation, industry, place of employment, or personal interests; and other information necessary to provide a service that you requested. "Anonymous Information" means information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information; Anonymous Information does not permit the identification of individual persons. We collect Personal Information and Anonymous Information, as described below.

We collect Personal Information from you in the following instances:

If you would like to receive information from us (investor or otherwise), you must provide your name, contact information, and a description of your comment or question.
If you e-mail us directly via an e-mail hyperlink to provide us feedback or to ask us a question regarding the Site or our business, we will collect any information contained in such e-mail.
If you download software from the Site, we will collect your contact information, place of employment, job title, job function, and intended use of the software.

Personal Information Collected Automatically

As you navigate the Site, certain information will be collected automatically. We collect your domain name in order to measure and track your use of the Site. This data helps us to improve the content of the Site and to customize the content or layout of the Site for you. We may also collect your e-mail address to the extent that it is automatically recognized by our servers.

We use cookies on the Site to collect Personal Information from you to allow us to understand the areas of the Site that are of interest to you. This helps us to better serve you and to provide you with tailored information upon your visit. A cookie is an element of data that a website sends to your computer's hard drive while you are viewing a website. ChipEstimate.com uses both session cookies (which expire once you close your Web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them). You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some areas of the Site may not function properly.

We and third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie and the the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your visit to the Site. The Site uses Google Analytics, including Display Advertising and Remarketing, to analyze how you use the site, including through cookies that collect traffic data such as standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate your use of the website, to compile statistical reports on website activity, and to target ads that are served by Google on other websites. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Preference Manager. The Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on can be accessed here.

Use of Personal Information

We collect Personal Information from you to fulfill your requests. For example, we may use your Personal Information to process an employment application, should you submit one to us. We may also use your Personal Information to send you information that you requested, or to confirm registrations, purchases, or service request submissions.

We may use your e-mail address to notify you of products or services that may interest you, such as to keep you informed about events or other items of interest, to notify you of recent updates to our Site, or to provide you with product news notification (such as patch releases). You may opt-out from receiving promotional or marketing e-mails by notifying us at the address specified at the bottom of any unwanted e-mail. These opt-out procedures may not be available for transactional or relationship messages, such as e-mails that are necessary to provide you with confirmation of a completed transaction (such as a purchase, service request, or change in your user profile), to provide you with warranty information regarding a particular product you purchased, provide notification of changes of terms of service, or to provide you with important information about the use of a product that you have purchased or software that you have downloaded.

We may use your mailing address or telephone number for a variety of ChipEstimate.com-related reasons. We may send you periodic mailings or telephone you to inform you of new products, services, or events. If you do not wish to receive such calls, you may request to be removed from the call list at the time of the call.

We may create Anonymous Information records from Personal Information by excluding information (such as your name) that make the information personally identifiable to you. We use this Anonymous Information to perform statistical analyses of users' aggregate behavior so that we may enhance the content of our services and improve site navigation.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Your Personal Information will generally not be shared, sold, traded, or rented to individuals or other entities (such as direct mail organizations). However, we may need to provide your Personal Information to third parties to charge your credit card or deliver specific services to you (such as support services or shipping). These third parties are required not to use your Personal Information other than to provide the services requested by ChipEstimate.com.

Although we currently do not share your Personal Information with our affiliates, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, "affiliates"), we may in the future. If we decide to share some or all of your Personal Information with any of these affiliates, we will require such affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on ChipEstimate.com; or (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ChipEstimate.com or users of the Site.

Editing Your Personal Profile

We realize that your Personal Information, including your name, company, and e-mail address, is subject to change. To the extent that you do provide us with Personal Information, we wish to maintain its accuracy. For example, to change your Personal Information on ChipEstimate.com, log in as usual and select the "My Account" link found on the top right side of ChipEstimate.com. In some cases, we provide a means to create an account or a profile of information. Information may be given directly to a ChipEstimate.com Customer Support representative.

Security of Your Personal Information

We safeguard the Personal Information you send to us with certain physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. If you have established an account with us, your ChipEstimate.com account information is password-protected for your privacy and security. In most areas of the Site, we use industry-standard-encryption to enhance the security of data transmissions. In other areas, we notify you with a pop-up screen when we transfer or receive certain types of sensitive information. We also store your Personal Information behind our firewall and utilize appropriate security measures in our physical facilities to prevent loss or unauthorized use of sensitive information. Except as provided elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, ChipEstimate.com limits access to Personal Information in electronic databases to those persons (including employees and contractors) in ChipEstimate.com's organization who have a business need for such access.

While we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot ensure the security of the information you transmit to us, and so we urge you to take every precaution to protect your Personal Information when you are on the Internet. We suggest that you change your passwords often, use passwords that include a combination of letters and numbers, and use a secure browser. Products and services are available which can help give you privacy protection while navigating the Internet. See www.privacyalliance.org/resources/ for an overview of many privacy-related tools. While we do not anticipate breaches in security, if one occurs, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct the problem that led to the breach.

Regarding Children

We do not structure our websites to attract children. Accordingly, we do not intend to collect Personal Information from anyone under 13 years of age.

Links to Other Sites

Our provision of a link to any other website or location is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website or location or its contents. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for, these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites.

Contact Information

ChipEstimate.com welcomes your comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy. Please contact us using the Contact us form.

Privacy Policy Updates

This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision, and if we make any substantial changes in the way we use your Personal Information, we will post a notice on this page. If you object to any such changes, you must cease using the Site. Continued use of the Site following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.